N.J. woman helps save horses from freezing water

6:17 AM,
Dec. 29, 2012

Monroe resdient Jill Quaglietta (left) helps Debbie Nagel, a Manalapan animal control officer, save two of the six horses they rescued from freezing waters on a flooded Manalapan farm on Thursday. The owner, Camejo Rodriguez of Clifton, will face eight charges of animal cruelty and neglect on Jan. 14 in Manalapan Township Municipal Court.

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Bob Makin
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The owner of six horses trapped for a second time on a flooded Manalapan farm will face up to $8,000 in fines related to eight criminal charges of animal cruelty and neglect, said Victor Amato, police chief of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Animals.

Camejo Rodriguez of Clifton will appear on Jan. 14 in Manalapan Municipal Township Court, where a judge will determine whether the horses should be taken away from him, Amato said.

"It's not like this guy hasn't been given a chance," Amato said. "During Hurricane Irene, my agents were swimming to save his horses. He knows ...